Gloucester Rugby became the first team to successfully defend the Premiership Rugby 7s title with a 12-5 win over Newport Gwent Dragons in the final at the Stoop on Friday evening.

Three wins out of three on the night saw Gloucester see off Northampton Saints, Cardiff Blues and finally the Dragons to lift the trophy.

Gloucester Rugby vs Northampton Saints

Olly Morgan's charges got off to a flyer against the pool C runners up and almost had the game in the bag at half time.

Two tries from Bill Meakes bookended efforts from Dan Thomas and Rhodri McAtee as Gloucester's swift offloading game opened up gaps all over the pitch.

The only fly in the ointment was the sinbinning of Steph Reynolds for a dangerous tackle on the stroke of half time which left the Cherry and Whites defending with only six men for the first two minutes of the second half.

Gloucester did concede during that period but crucially responded with one of their own as Henry Purdy's neat sidestep and pace off the mark took him clear under the posts.

Ben Vellacott and Lloyd Evans added further tries as Saints wilted and Gloucester marched on into the semi finals.

Gloucester Rugby vs Cardiff Blues

After a comfortable win over Northampton Saints, Gloucester really had to battle to clinch a place in the Premiership Rugby 7s Final with a hard fought 24-14 victory over the Cardiff Blues.

With the weather conditions having worsened considerably, both teams did their utmost to enliven the crowd. Gloucester were keener to keep ball in hand whereas the Blues put boot to ball more frequently.

Good interplay between McAtee and Meakes saw the Australian cross to open the scoring, but this was quickly cancelled out by Cardiff's Dan Fish.

Henry Purdy gave Gloucester the lead again with a length of the field effort, but a period of second half pressure saw Fish dart over and covert to give his side a 14-12 lead.

However, an amazing solo score from Steph Reynolds, which started behind his own line, saw Gloucester edge back in front and an opportune effort from Sam Showering clinched a 24-14 victory.

Gloucester Rugby vs Newport Gwent Dragons

Conditions worsened once again on the evening as Gloucester and the Dragons battled it out to lift the trophy.

Henry Purdy opened the scoring for Gloucester, before that man Reynolds again crossed the line to open up a 12-0 lead.

However, the Dragons fought back to score through Jonny Lewis and send alarm bells ringing in the Cherry and White ranks.

As hard as the Welsh region battled though, they never really looked like scoring a second and it was Gloucester popping the champagne corks at the final whistle.